568 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGHLE. 



Genus 15. Deilephila, Ochsenheimer. 

 Deilephila, Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 42 (1816). 



1. Deilephila livornica. 



Sphinx livornica, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. ii. pp. 87, 196, pi. 8. fig. 4 (1785) . 

 Phryxus livornica, Hiibner, Yerz. bek. Schmett. p. 137 (1816). 

 Deilephila livornica, Stephens, Cat. Brit. Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. i. p. 28 (1850). 

 Sphinx koechlini, Fuessly, Arch. Insectcngesch. t. 33. figs. 1-6 (1781). 



South France, Turkey (Loftus); Landoor (Hearsay) ; North India (Stevens). B.M. 



The larva of this species has been carefully described by Bignell, Farn, Hobbs, and 

 Hellins (1870). 



2. Deilephila lineata. 



Sphinx lineata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. p. 541 (1775). 

 Deilephila lineata, Harris, Cat. N.A. Sph., Sill. Journ. p. 304 (1839). 

 Sphinx daucus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 41, pi. 125. fig. D (1779). 

 Deilephila daucus, Stephen, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 126 (1828). 



New York (Milne) ; Nova Scotia, Canada West (Bush); California, Oaxaca (Hartweg); 

 Haiti (Tweedie) ; St. Thomas (Hornbeck); New Granada, Jamaica (Redman). B.M. 



Larva figured Am. Ent. ii. pp. 257, 258 (1870). 



3. Deilephila biguttata. 



Deilephila biguttata, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 172. no. 15 (1856). 



Madagascar (Stevens). Type, B.M. 



4. Deilephila opheltes. 



Sphinx opheltes, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. p. 161, pi. 285. fig. B (1782). 

 Hyles opheltes, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1471 (1816). 

 Deilephila opheltes, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 173. no. 17 (1856). 



Cape. 



5. Deilephila spinipascia. 



Deilephila spinifascia, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 81 (1871). 



Buenos Ayres (Burmeister) ; Patagonia (Cunningham). '^yp e ) B.M. 



I believe that this species also occurs in Chili. 



